Bollman Iron Truss Bridge - Savage, MD
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pseudoprime
N 39° 08.077 W 076° 49.501
18S E 342262 N 4333301
This former railroad bridge now runs parallel to Foundry St.
Waymark Code: WM5425
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 11/07/2008
Views: 29
This bridge is preserved as the last example of the Bollman Iron Truss Bridge system. There is parking along the side of Foundry Street.
As the historic marker notes, "Spanning the Little Patuxent River is the sole surviving example of the bridging system invented, 1850, by Wendel Bollman, Baltimore engineer. It was the first system, entirely of iron, used by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and the first in America. Through 1873 the company built about 100 such bridges."
Original Use: Railroad
Date Built: 1869
Construction: Iron
Condition: Good
Date Abandoned: Unknown
Bridge Status - Orphaned or Adopted.: Adopted
See this website for more information: Not listed
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